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Rhamnus napalensis

Botanic Family

Rhamnaceae

Author

(Wallich) M.A. Lawson

Common Names

• Ni bo er shu li (Pinyin)
• Buckthorn
• Cay cut lon (Vietnam)
• Cong cua (Vietnam)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Cambodia
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangxi
• Xizang
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• Comoros
• India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Sulawesi - Indonesia
• Laos
• Madagascar
• Pahang - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Society Islands
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• thickets
• lowland forest

Flowering Times

• May-Sep (China)
• Sep-Nov (Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Nov (China)
• Nov-Feb (Vietnam)

Dioecious climbing liana or erect shrub, occasionally a tree, with axillary fascicles, racemes or panicles to 120mm, yellow-green flowers, 5 sepals 1mm x 0.3mm, 5 petals 0.5mm long, 6mm diameter purple-black drupes with persistent sepals, pubescent stems, coriaceous dentate leaves

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• RSNRV
• USNH
• F Indochine
• GBS